Reservoir for oil-stoves.



LS. BRENNAN. RESERVOIR FOR OIL STONES. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1914.

1,1 1 8,263, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

UNITED STA-rigs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BRENNAN, 'OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO A. J. LINDEMANN &I-IOVERSON (70;, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RESERVOIR FOR OIL-STOVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2 4, 1914.

Application filed August 21, 1914. Serial No. 857,930.

arrangement is such that a rigidly supported open mouth auxiliaryreservoir is positioned to sustain the downward load strain of a mainreservoir, which main reservoir is held against side play by anindependent crown bracket that is shiftably connected to the stove andprovided with means for nested engagement with the top end of said mainreservoir.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a crown bracket that mayconstitute part of a standard swinging end shelf, and to provide a seatsupport in connection with the mouth rim of the auxiliary reservoir,which seat support is adapted to receive the bottom shouldered end ofthe main reservoir to form a space or air passage between saidreservoirs.

With the above and other minor objects in view the invention consists inwhat is herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents an elevation of a portion of an oilburning stove having afiixed thereto an oil reservoir embodying thefeatures of my invention, parts of the same being in section and brokenaway to more clearly illustrate structural features; Fig. 2, a sectionalplan view of the reservoir supporting means, the section being indicatedby line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, another plan sectional view of thereservoir mechanism, the section being taken upon a plane as indicatedby line 33 of Fig. 1 to illustrate the auxiliary reservoir element andmeans of attaching the same to the stove. Fig. 4, a detailed fragmentaryelevation of a portion of the companion reservoir elements showing meanswhereby an air space is formed therebetween, the direction of the viewbeing indicated by line 4.4= of F ig. 1; Fig. 5 illustrates an invertedplan view of a modified form of crowning bracket embodying one of thefeatures of my invention; Fig. 6, a longitudinal sectional new of thesame, the section being indicated by line 66 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7, aplan view partly in section of still another form of reservoir crowningbracket.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a portion of anoil burning stove provided with a burner 2 of the wick type, whichburner is supplied with oil from,

an auxiliary reservoir 3, the same being connected to the burner by asupply pipe 3. The auxiliary reservoir thus comprises a cup-like basinhaving an unfinished edge; The cup is supported by its pipe connection3, which pipe extends through one wall of the stove and is furtherbraced by feet 5,

the same being bolted to the juxtaposed wall of the stove and face ofthe auxiliary reservoir, as best shown in Fig. 3. The upper edge of saidreservoir is unfinished and serves as a rest for the shouldered lowerend of a main reservoir 6, which main reservoir is of the bottle type,having a neck 6 and a mouth that is closed by a valve-controlled cap 7 Astem 8 of the valve is arranged to abut the bottom of the auxiliaryreservoir,

whereby the valve is opened to deliver the contents of the mainreservoir in to the auxiliary reservoir in proportion to the consumptionThus it will be seen that the main reservoir is loosely seated upon theauxiliary rese'rvoir'and between its shouldered bottom and the rim ofthe auxiliary reservoir to prevent said auxiliary reservoir frombecoming air bound, there is sufficient space to form an air passage.

In order to prevent the main reservoir from being inadvertently tippedfrom its.

seat, I provide a' crowning bracket 9 for the top end of said mainreservoir, which crowning bracket in this instance, is shownin the formof a swinging .end shelf. The inner edge of the shelf is arranged torest against the downturned flanged top 1' of the stove and is providedwith tongue memhere 10, which tongue members extend through slots 10'that are formed in the stove top flange, versely bowed intermediate oftheir ends, whereby they are locked in their slot seats when the shelfis swung downward to the position shown in Fig. 1 and, in order to Thetongues are trans-- prevent sagging of the shelf, its flanged edge 9 ismatch tapered to abut the downturned flange of the stove.

The above described construction of shelf forms no part of my presentinvention except so farthat it is, in this instance utilized as acrowning bracket for engagement with the upper end of the reservoir,whereby the latter is held against lateral movement. With this in viewthe lower face of the shelf has projecting therefrom a series ofyieldable gripping fingers 11, the free ends of which are, as shown,preferably curved outwardly, whereby they will-more readily center overthe rounded edge of the reservoir with which they have engagement.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that in placing the mainreservoir in position the shelf or crowning bracket is first swungupwardly, whereby access can more conveniently be had to the mouth ofthe auxiliary reservoir. After the main reservoir has been approximatelyseated,.the shelf is swung down to the position shown in Fig. 1 and thegripping fingers are thus caused to engage the top end of the aforesaidmain reservoir and center the same with relation to the auxiliaryreservoir. Thus the load strain is maintained entirely by the auxiliarysupporting reservoir and the main reservoir is held in its correctposition against play laterally by the crowning bracket mechanism. Thiscrowning bracket mechanism can readily be applied to standard types ofstoves without alterations and at a small maunfacturing cost.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a swinging shelf constituting a crowningbracket for the main reservoir having attached to its lower face a ringmember 12, which may be made of thin spring metal, having transversekerfs at intervals extending inwardly from its reservoir engaging edge.By this arrangement the ring or band, is rendered flexible, whereby itwill more effectually grip the circular surface of the main reservoir towhich it is applied.

Fig. 7 illustrates a crowning bracket in the form of a circular bail 13,which bail is nuance iL-shaped in cross-section for lapped engagementwith the top and side faces of the main reservoir. The ends of the bailterminate with tongue ears 13' which engage slots in the downturnedflange of the stove top 1'. I may, in this type of my invention, form aconvexed seat 1" about the flanged edge of the stove top intermediate ofthe tongue slots, which seat, inconnection with the bail, will serve torigidly center the main reservoir.

I claim:

1. The combination of an oil stove having a burner, an open mouthauxiliary reservoir projecting from one wall of the stove, a pipeconnection between the burner and said reservoir, a crown bracketshiftably connected to the stove positioned above the auxiliaryreservoir, and a main reservoir interposed .between the crown bracketand said auxiliary reservoir.

2. The combination of an oil stove having a burner, an open mouthauxiliary reservoir projecting from one wall of said stove, a pipeconnection between the burner and said reservoir, a main reservoiradapted to rest upon the mouth of the auxiliary reservoir, and meanscarried by the stove for nested engagement with the upper end of themain reservoir whereby the latter is held against side play. I

3. The combination of an oil stove having a burner, an open mouthauxiliary reservoir projecting from one wall of the stove, a pipeconnecting the burner and said reservoir, a crowning bracket in hingeconnection with the stove positioned above the auxiliary reservoir, andgripping means extending from the bracket for engagement with the upperend of the main reservoir.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in thepresence of two WitDQSSQS.

.ionN s. BRENNAN.

